gPhotoShow.com News and Software Updates

gPhotoShow Pro version 8.5.5 released on March 15, 2023
Updates:

Version 8.5.5 - March 15, 2023

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.5.4 - November 4, 2022

• Fixed: The option "When scrapbook is enabled navigation to next image doesn't reset scrapbook" is not saved
• Fixed: In "Panoramic Images" page if "Delay after scrolling" is set to 0 images are not displayed

Version 8.5.3 - January 18, 2022

• Fixed: Cosmetic bugs on Windows 11
• New: On high dpi monitors text over images is now resized according to windows settings

Version 8.5.2 - October 12, 2021

• Fixed: Sometimes new scrapbook photos are added behind existing ones

Version 8.5.1 - September 6, 2021

• Fixed: Program crashes when started as logon screen saver (64 bit only)

Version 8.5.0 - June 3, 2021

• New: Sharpen option added to Images Display Options
• New: Automatically detect (and play) 360 degrees pano images using keywords

Version 8.4.2 - March 11, 2021

• Fixed: Trailing and ending spaces are removed from keywords delimiters configured in Filters page
• New: Transition time added to Image Properties
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.4.1 - December 1, 2020

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.4.0 - November 4, 2020

• New: Added options for slideshow window when used as slideshow maker
• Fixed: Filters, if images are not excluded if Panoramic Images are also excluded
• Fixed: On some systems when DirectX transitions are used gPhotoShow takes a long time to start

Version 8.3.1 - October 14, 2020

• New: Added LensInfo and LensModel to Exif tags in Advanced Information page
• Fixed: Program crashes when displaying the preview in control panel display applet

Version 8.3.0 - October 2, 2020

• New: Improved DirectX rendering to reduce cpu usage (and power) when displaying static images
• New: Permanent logging of errors during slideshow
• New: Added new features for plugins
• New: Added a command to automatically start a slideshow on windows startup
• New: Minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.2.0 - July 31, 2020

• Fixed: Improved animated gif performances when played full screen
• Fixed: Keyword filter using wildcards doesn't work correctly
• New: Added Photowall option. During normal slideshow it is possible to display a photowall image with the last viewed pictures

Version 8.1.1 - July 7, 2020

• Fixed: When using multiple monitors and one monitor is excluded the option to fill unused monitor doesn't work as expected

Version 8.1.0 - June 25, 2020

• New: Added a button to easily identify monitors

Version 8.0.11 - March 16, 2020

• Fixed: Slideshow Options page, an error message is displayed is Mouse Button + Ctrl or Mouse Wheel are the only exit options selected
• New: Added an item to Tools menu of Slideshow Maker to restore .gss file type association to its default value

Version 8.0.10 - February 20, 2020

• Fixed: When monitor is powered off by Windows PM sometimes last picture is not set as wallpaper

Version 8.0.9 - December 24, 2019

• Fixed: Folders configured in "Global Exclusions" page sometimes are not excluded

Version 8.0.8 - November 8, 2019

• Fixed: on multiple monitors when the option to display some images spanned on all monitors is set panoramic image detection may occasionally fail

Version 8.0.7 - October 4, 2019

• Fixed: when images are displayed grouped by folders and images list finishes a division by zero exception may be throwed
• Fixed: on multiple monitors when the option to display some images spanned on all monitors is set a false mouse movement may cause the slideshow to close

Version 8.0.6 - September 4, 2019

• Fixed: Monitor positions in Filters page are wrong when using custom layout

Version 8.0.5 - June 20, 2019

• Fixed: On some system with multiple high dpi monitors image size is not correct

Version 8.0.4 - June 5, 2019

• Fixed: Touch gestures cause multiple event activation
• Fixed: In some cases while gPhotoShow is preloading next image hotkeys to change image are ignored

Version 8.0.3 - May 9, 2019

• Fixed: 64bit version can't set logon screen saver from screen saver settings window

Version 8.0.2 - April 24, 2019

• Fixed: Unrecoverable errors caused by video clips shorter than 1 second or when gPhotoShow can't get video duration

Version 8.0.1 - March 11, 2019

• Fixed: Custom monitor delay window causes an "Out of memory" error on 64 bit version

Version 8.0.0 - March 7, 2019

• New: It is now possible to configure a custom layout for the slideshow windows, in this way it is possible to have a window spanned across several monitors and others on a single monitor
• New: Files and folders can be excluded from slideshow by using a hotkey or a configuration window
• New: Added max. number of images for each folder when files are displayed in random order but grouped by folder
• New: Keywords can be extracted from filename or file path
• New: For images smaller than screen it is possible to fill background using the same image blurred instead of a solid color
• New: Touch screen gestures handling: Pan (left,right,top,bottom),Zoom (in,out),Two finger tap,Press and Tap
• New: Hotkey to toggle audio from video
• New: Added an option to scrapbook to allow pictures to pile up until max number is reached
• New: Multiple monitors, instead of displaying images on all secondary monitor now it is possible to exclude a specific monitor
• New: multiple monitors, now it is possible to configure image display time for each monitor
• New: Filters, added "contain"/"don't contain" operators for keywords (with or without wildcard characters)
• New: Photowall scroll direction upward or downward
• New: Basic support to play video with MPC-HC player
• New: Removed panoramic images size limit when using DirectX
• New: Do not disturb: automatically mute music and audio from video during a period of the day
• New: Automatically repeat video clips shorter than a preset time
• New: Image display time can now be configured using hours,minutes,seconds
• New: Added an option to repeat images with weight greater than 1